appears without a modification to show the paired vowel. However, although the symbols Sheikh Bakri adopted are not cursive, which suggests a connection with Ge'ez over Arabic, none of them can be traced to either writing system; "they are a complete novelty." References Relevant literature Nuraddin Aman Jarso. 2012. Philological Inquiry on the History Manuscript of šayḫ Bakri Saphalo. Addis Ababa University: MA thesis. Web access to thesis. External links "Oromia and the Oromo People: The Language", Gadaa website. (Contains a table of Sheikh Sapalo's writing system with values.) The Oromo Orthography of Shaykh Bakri Saṗalō 1895 births 1980 deaths Oromo people Linguists from Ethiopia Ethiopian Muslims Ethiopian scholars Creators of writing systems 20th-century linguists